Matchbook holder



L. M. sPlcER May 26, 1942.

MATCHBOOK HOLDER Filed Feb. 15, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor k a m a. r

A ttqmey Patented May 26, 1942 1 i,

MATCHBOOK HOLDER Lawrence M. Spicer, San Francisco, Oalifl, asv signor of forty-five per cent to George Sikol, San Francisco, Calif.

Application February 15, 1941, Serial No. 379,130

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to holders for match books and other articles and has for its primary object to provide a flexible case formed of leather, fabric, or other foldable material having pockets therein adapted for receiving a book of matches as well as for holding a mirror, personal cards, or the like, andin which the case is adapted to be folded along a transverse medial line into a closed position.

A further important object of the present invention is to provide a pocket in the case within which the book of matches is adapted for positioning and provided with an opening in the pocket to expose the match striking portion of the book of matches to enable the striking of the matches thereon without removing the match book from the case.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevational view showing the holder in closed position,

Figure 2 is a side elevational .view thereof,

Figure 3 is a front elevational view showing the holder in an open position,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on a line 4-4 of Figure 3,

Figures 5 and 6 are transverse sectional views taken respectively on the lines 55 and 66 of Figure 3,

Figure 7 is a fragmentary plan view of one end of the holder showing the manner in which the side flaps are folded inwardly adjacent the closure flap,

Figure 8 is a plan view of the blank from which the holder is constructed, and

Figure 9 is a perspective view of one of the mirror retaining straps.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention and with particular reference to Figure 8 of the drawings, the numeral 5 designates the blank sheet of leather, fabric, or other material from which the holder is constructed, the blank being of substantially rectangular form and provided with flaps 6-6 at its longitudinal edges adaptedv for folding inwardly along the fold lines designated at 1. At one end of the blank is a flap 8 adapted for foldingalong a transversely extending fold line 9 to form a closure flap and at the opposite end of the blank is a flap [0 adapted for folding along a transversely extending 'fold line H to provide a pocket designated at l2 in Figure 4 of the drawings to receive a'book of matches l3. The flaps B and I0 are secured in position by stitching l4.

The flap l0 forming the pocket I2 is provided with an opening l5 for exposing the match striking strip l6 usually provided-at the bottom edge of the book of matches.

The stitching I 4 also serves to secure a transversely extending flexible strip IE to the inside of the holder adjacent the fold line 9. ,The strip l6 forms a pocket within which a mirror or similar article may be positioned under the strips I 6 and I8. 7

It will be apparent. that the holder may be folded along its transverse medial line I! to enclose the book of matches l3 as well as the mirror 20 and the flap 8 may then be folded over the bottom end of the holder and secured I in position by means of a snap fastener 2|.

It is believed the details of construction, advantages and manner of use of the device will be readily understood fromvthe foregoing without further detailed explanation.

What I claim isg l. A match book holder comprising a blank sheet of flexible material of substantially rectangular form, an inwardly folded flap at the longitudinal edges of the blank, an inwardly folded flap at one end of the blank, spaced parallel transverse strips adjacent the other end of the blank, longitudinally extending rows of stitching securing said flaps and strips to the blank, the intermediate portion of said strips being free for receiving a flat article behind the strips and inwardly of the edges of said longitudinal flaps said end flap having its central portion free to provide a pocket adapted to removably receive a match book also inwardly of the edges of the longitudinal flaps, said end flap having an opening for exposing the match striking abrasive carried by the match book, said blank being folded upon itself at an intermediate transverse portion and a closure flap for securing the holder in folded position.

2. A match book holder comprising a blank sheet of flexible material of substantially rectangular form adapted for folding along a transversely extending line to provide a pair of fold-' able sections, an inwardly folded flap atthe 1ongitudinal edges of each section, an inwardly folded flap at the end of one section to form a pocket, a pair of spaced apart fiexible strips ex tending transversely of the other section, longitudinally extending rows of stitching securing the first named flaps and the side edges of the end flap as well as the ends of the strips to the respective sections, said pocket being adapted to flap atthe' end of the section. remote from the receive a match book therein inwardly of the match book to secure the sections in folded position.

LAWRENCE M. 'SPICER. 

